Twilight
Posted August 06, 2008
By thirdsaint,
Future of Forestry is a very interesting band to me. They have elements of secular bands like Radiohead, Jimmy Eat World, and The Shins with some of the electronic beats and the overall atmosphere of this album. Also, the lead singer, Eric, sounds like the singers from Jimmy Eat World or Strata in that it can be very soft at one moment and be belting out some very heartfelt lyrics the next. There's no whining in his voice and it sounds very sincere.
The music in general fits the CD insert where there is a picture of the ocean and four of them on a plateau overlooking. There's definitely a 'spacey' vibe through the album. If you are the type that just feel certain albums are 'winter' albums then you might agree that this is one of them. That doesn't mean it's a depressing album, but that's just the mood the music sets. Songs like 'Twilight' and 'Speak To Me Gently' are perfect examples of this as Eric soothingly sings the verses over keyboard notes that somewhat remind me of The Postal Service. The focus seems to be on the melodies and the textures of the song to create that atmosphere.
The lyrics for the majority of the CD don't come off as being outright Christian until you get to the last two and then the Lord is mentioned as well as Jesus. The rest of the songs you can piece together what they might be singing about but it isn't in your face. They kind of let you draw your own conclusions and be wrapped up in the delivery of the lyrics. If I were to say there were any cons to this album it would be that some of the songs kind of lose me in between choruses. It's great to have a song build up to a powerful chorus but you can't have the build up be too slow to where it drags on. For that reason, my attention was lost for a moment and naturally it picked up when things got going.
All in all a very strong debut effort where the music takes precedent and while doing what they love they sing about what they love. There doesn't seem to be a hard formula for songs and that's refreshing to me. Maybe it's not original in the grand scheme of things but for Christian music it sure is and it could possibly start a new wave of music in that scene. I'd say they have a lot of potential and I really can't wait to see what they come up with next.
Gems of this album are: 'Gazing', 'Twilight', 'All I Want'
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